McManus, key figure in liturgical reform, dies at age 82.(Frederick R. McManus)(Obituary)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: December 9, 2005| Author: Filteau, Jerry | Copyright information

Msgr. Frederick R. McManus, a noted canon lawyer, teacher, author and central figure in U.S. liturgical reforms after the Second Vatican Council, died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Nov. 27 of complications following a severe fall in October. He was 82.

His funeral was to be celebrated Dec. 2 at St. Joseph Church in Lynn, Mass., his childhood family parish, followed by burial at St. Joseph Cemetery.

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